Dr. Aditi Sengupta is a soil microbial ecologist working on resolving carbon biogeochemistry dynamics at terrestrial-aquatic interfaces. Her research interests span soil microbial ecology of oligotrophic systems, plant-soil-microbe interactions, and marginal soil research.

Dr. Stegen has worked at PNNL since 2011. He is a Co-principal Investigator for PNNL’s DOE-funded Subsurface Biogeochemical Research-Science Focus Area project. He is also a principal investigator on a number of other projects focused on environmental sciences, with a particular emphasis on...

Coastal landscapes are increasingly exposed to seawater due to sea level rise and extreme weather events. The biogeochemical responses of these vulnerable ecosystems are poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict how their role in global biogeochemical cycles will shift under future...

Dr. Thomas Kroc is an Applications physicist for Technology Development with the Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC). This position draws on his accumulated experience in fundamental high-energy physics research, nuclear power, medical physics, and accelerator physics. Since 2016 he has been...

http://www.wiu.edu/cas/biological_sciences/faculty/porrasalfaro.php My laboratory focuses studies fungal symbiotic associations, their emergent properties, and the effect of global climate change on fungal diversity and community structure. We are interested in ecological roles of fungi, their...

Biography Dr. Fifield is an experienced materials scientist and research leader interested in material synthesis, formulation, processing, characterization, application, simulation, and lifetime prediction. He leads nuclear cable aging research at PNNL for the Light Water Reactor Sustainability...

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University https://engineering.tamu.edu/mechanical/profiles/pharr-matt.html

Materials Scientist and Bioengineer with extensive experience in Microfabrication, Biofilm engineering, Microfluidics and Microbiology assay development. Primary areas of interest include photolithography, microfluidics, Biological imaging and Biomaterials.

Education: University of California-Berkeley, PhD Plant Biology University of California-Davis, BS Plant Biology Publications: 2020 Naylor D.T., S.J. Fansler, C.J. Brislawn, W.C. Nelson, K.S. Hofmockel, J.K. Jansson, and R.S. McClure. 2020. "Deconstructing the Soil Microbiome into Reduced-Complexity...

Biography Dr. Mary Lipton is currently a Staff Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Adjunct Professor at Washington State University-Tri-Cities in Richland and Adjunct Professor in the Institute for Biological Chemistry and Washington State University Pullman. She is nationally...

Michelle Davison is a microbiologist with a love of challenging, creative, and multidisciplinary projects. She is interested in the role phage play in environmental systems, as well as the myriad ways they can be harnessed as tools. She has experience isolating, developing and working with non-model...

Publications: 2018 Khan NE, Y Maezato, RS McClure, CJ Brislawn, JM Mobberley, NG Isern, WB Chrisler, LM Markillie, BM Barney, HS Song, WC Nelson, and HC Bernstein. 2018. "Phenotypic responses to interspecies competition and commensalism in a naturally-derived microbial co-culture." Scientific...